Franklin D. Roosevelt: Signed White House Admittance Pass....

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An original and signed White House admittance pass card, with original transmittal envelope, signed by FDR during the first Hundred Days of the New Deal, on June 3, 1933. The pass card, which measures 3 ½ x 4 ½," was sent to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Grimes of Edgemoor, Maryland, and states: "The White House/ Admit at East Gate/ Not Transferable/ June 3, 1933/ Display on Windshield of Car," under which FDR signs in black ink "Franklin D. Roosevelt." The Grimes family was an old, Democratic political family from Maryland. A terrific signed FDR memento from the Hundred Days that initiated the New Deal.